In addition to Evero there's one large change that likely should happen.

[jopie87]

3 hours ago, PleaseCutStewart said:

McDaniels is not coming here. He will probably get a HC job from another team

Give him a head coach salary. Less pressure for him, frees up Canales to manage the game. Everyone wins.

[Saca312]

2 hours ago, TD alt said:

A big reason why our offense sucks is Dave Canales. It's pretty obvious that after Bryce's first playoff game that he has untapped upside, and that Canales generally can't maximize Bryce's or any other skill player's talent. It's just no longer apropos to treat Bryce like low hanging fruit for all of the offense's woes.  At the end of the day, it's an OC's job to maximize the offense, "midget at QB" or not. 

 

It's honestly pretty interesting just seeing this pairing play out. Canales’ offenses (Seattle, Tampa) are run-first, under-center, play-action systems built around defined reads and intermediate/deep timing throws. That structure worked when he had QBs like Baker Mayfield or Russell Wilson in a system that created clear launch points and sightlines. His success has always been tied to a credible run game + play-action gravity.

You can see that with the Panthers team building philosophy as well. Coker and TMac both are bigger receivers that won't get the best YAC production but thrive as possession receivers in contested scenarios. They're not the best in space and creating additional yardage in such, and would likely fair better systematically with a stronger armed QB who can create better opportunities on those boundary 1v1 matchups with stronger throws.

Bryce, on the other hand, is a spread-native QB. His strengths are rhythm, spacing, quick processing, and off-script creation. Asking him to live in condensed formations with long-developing play-action concepts just hasn't been his forte. And well, his boundary throws are limited in velocity which takes a big chunk of the playbook off.

And I mean a QB like Bryce can still work, it's just Dave's offensive philosophy and foundation is very much at odds with Young's physical limits and his own experience.

So it's certainly still a learning experience for Dave to figure out how he can mesh his offensive philosophy with Young's strengths. He's very inexperienced with maximizing Bryce's strengths with his system. Would love to see us bring in an OC with spread experience and adaptability to implement a cohesive system with Dave to allow Bryce to thrive, as it's obvious we're sticking with him for a bit longer. 

 

[uncfan888]

He just got fired because of Tua. Why would he want to go coach mini Tua? 

[Aussie Tank]

As much as that sounds wonderful our only hope is idzick takes a leap and Canales hands it over